What’s on the Lunch Menu at the Alaska Dept. of Law? Truth!
29 09 2008PLEASE JOIN US AS WE DELIVER THE TRUTH FOR LUNCH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW IN ANCHORAGE!
We will be bringing the petition demanding Attorney General Talis Colberg’s resignation to the Department of Law with what we estimate to be over 2,000 signatures:
Wednesday, October 1, 11:30am on the sidewalk outside of the Atwood Building,
550 West 7th Ave., Anchorage (On 7th, between E St. and F St.)
If you have not signed the petition, click HERE!
September 29th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Go git ‘em!
(Yes, I signed!)
September 29th, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Great work, over 2,000 signed in just a few days. Yes, we can!
September 29th, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Well you know I am going to be there.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:11 PM
http://commonsguy.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/cooperative-democracy-and-the-flaws-of-online-petitions/
September 29th, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Good Luck! Maybe one of you can point out to the press that there are no official Obama people involved in your protest to counter Meg’s and O’Callagan’s bogus claims.
Thanks again for this awesome site and all the great work you’ve done! I keep emailing the news outlets with your link and posts. Glad you’re getting national coverage now…..GO MUDPUPPIES!!!
BTW, Brian is so cuuuute!
September 29th, 2008 at 8:15 PM
@Wake up,
Regarding your link about the perils of online petitions. This is not meant to be a legally binding petition. The petition we had at the rally was similar. I’ve been through the whole petition process for ballot initiatives, and there is no way we had time to jump through all the hoops, etc.
So, to all who are worried about the legality, or pitfalls of online petitions, that’s OK. Sign it anyway. It’s the online equivalent of standing on a street corner and waving a sign. It gets the point across!
Thanks all!
AKMuckraker
September 29th, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Are you trying to get this petition to the Gov’s office or the AG’s office? The AG’s office is not in the Atwood Bldg.
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Gov.’s office.
AKM
September 29th, 2008 at 8:20 PM
wish we had more like AKM in all our lower states.
Good luck on Wednesday, well sure be thinking of you.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Wish we had more people in the lower 48 as active as Alaskans! Seriously, proportionately, if the percent of folks down here showed up like AKMers, we’d have our country back……
September 29th, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Proudly signed the petition. Have been addicted to this site since the disaster of August 29. Keep up the good work~
September 29th, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I am so ticked that nothing has made it to the MSM about your Rally last Saturday..
September 29th, 2008 at 10:09 PM
In contemplating this campaign, and specifically Barack Obama himself, the candidate that I am fully and unconditionally supporting in this election, I believe that this election will have profound ramifications on this great country we live in.
Thinking about the differences between these two candidates, I cannot help but think, feel, and just know deep in my brain, and with all my heart, that Senator Obama is without a doubt the clear choice to be our next president.
This campaign has become increasingly nasty in terms of the attacks being leveled, with the McCain campaign leading the way in an irresponsible, reprehensible and downright unpalatable manner. But I do not wish to dwell on that angry man who has sold his soul to the devil (if the devil exists, thank you Bill Maher) in order to win this election.
Barack Obama has unlimited potential to become a great president. His demeanor throughout this financial crisis has been nothing short of exactly what this country needs right now…leadership. This is the quality that the McCain camp is trying to destroy. You know why?
Because just as George W. Bush’s campaign destroyed Kerry’s strongest quality, his heroic Vietnam service, the McCain campaign is likewise attempting to destroy Obama’s strongest quality, his leadership. The Republican party has perfected this method of campaigning. Don’t address the issues (Democrats almost always win the issues), but undermine a persons true character.
Obama will have none of it. As much as McCain wishes to drag Obama into the mud with him and his surrogates, Obama will not take the bait. And McCain is looking realllly bad as a result. Obama is leading simply because he has chosen to take the high road. He has chosen to be a leader. He has chosen to genuinely want to impress upon American’s that he in fact does care about their well-being.
I challenge everyone to give an honest look at both of these candidates, and make the decision that makes sense to them. Let us remind ourselves that this decision should be about who would be the best individual to lead our country at this soberly amazing point in time. I trust that you will come to the same conclusion I have.
The choice is obvious.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:09 PM
@Smitty (20:44:15) :
Wish we had more people in the lower 48 as active as Alaskans!
Smitty, I wish we had more people as active as you.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:17 PM
@GiGi in Mn (21:03:44) :
I am so ticked that nothing has made it to the MSM about your Rally last Saturday..
Gigi, the Associated Press published this little caption with the pic of Palinocchio, in an article about Palin’s shabby treatment of natives.
Protesters hold signs at a Hold Palin Accountable rally organized by Alaskans For Truth, in Anchorage, Alaska Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. Hundreds of people showed up to demand Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain’s GOP running mate, uphold her promise to cooperate with the state Legislature’s investigation into her firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
September 29th, 2008 at 10:43 PM
“THE TRUTH FOR LUNCH”
I really love that, for some reason. I want to pre-order a t-shirt (large).
Serve it up, like a three-eyed fish.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:44 PM
This is perhaps a bit off topic for this thread. But with this short thread maybe people will see this link here and read it. Has anyone else seen this article concerning the bail out situation?
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3803.shtml
After studying the bail out issues this weekend I came down on the side of supporting the bail out bill. But this article has made me think again. It seems to be saying the situation is FAR WORSE than what the MSM or the U.S. government is saying. Any thoughts by anyone else who is studying all this too?
Time to get some sleep. We’ll see what tomorrow brings? Good night all. Sleep, eh, well…
September 29th, 2008 at 11:21 PM
I proudly signed the petition to support the rule of law in the great state of Alaska!
September 29th, 2008 at 11:50 PM
@ Hamlet’s Mill
One of Obama’s economic advisors, Dr. Laura(?) Tyson was on Rachel tonite. She explained the situation in simple terms. The big danger to everyone isn’t so much the stock market itself but the credit freeze. Businesses large and small rely on credit (like many of the rest of us do), to smooth out the income and costs of doing business. When credit dries up (or becomes prohibitively expensive), businesses have to lay people off or they may completely go under. That’s the real risk right now. The markets are flakey because they know what’s going on with the credit freeze. The bailout was designed to open up credit again so that the real parts of the economy don’t seize up. When the bailout (which she called a mis-nomer) was defeated, that means there’s no relief in the credit crisis. When businesses shutter their doors, or even lay off lots of people, it ripples out through the economy as a whole. For example, look at the effect of the housing slowdown (including the mortgage mess) on construction, home-improvement/repairs, furniture stores, etc. Linens and Things is gone; there were several other similar chains that failed during the last recession. Another thing people don’t think about is the consolidation from small local businesses to national chains. When a national chain goes under, it affects many cities and states, not just the one local area.
September 30th, 2008 at 2:05 AM
#791 From Sacramento, reporting for duty…can you see me? Standing on the corner, waving my sign?
September 30th, 2008 at 3:18 AM
I signed. There needs to be a return to the rule of law by elected officials in this country.
Ignoring subpoenas is against the law.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:11 AM
**This is thoroughly heartening story….worth taking a minute or two to read.
Church Lunch with Republicans in Indiana = McCain is Toast by billysumday Mon Sep 29, 2008
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/29/104016/090/112/611099
September 30th, 2008 at 5:46 AM
MJC< that was the bestest article I have read in a long time and it made me feel less stressed for a few minutes. The comments were great too. Thanks a bunch.
September 30th, 2008 at 6:50 AM
Hey guys, can’t make the ah, less see, ah, tenish hour flight from MIA, but I’ll be with in spirit. Go get ‘em!!!
September 30th, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Palmdale aka Moose Roadster PalinNo Gravatar (23:50:51) :
@ Hamlet’s Mill
One of Obama’s economic advisors, Dr. Laura(?) Tyson was on Rachel tonite. She explained the situation in simple terms. The big danger to everyone isn’t so much the stock market itself but the credit freeze. Businesses large and small rely on credit (like many of the rest of us do), to smooth out the income and costs of doing business. When credit dries up (or becomes prohibitively expensive), businesses have to lay people off or they may completely go under. That’s the real risk right now. The markets are flakey because they know what’s going on with the credit freeze. The bailout was designed to open up credit again so that the real parts of the economy don’t seize up. When the bailout (which she called a mis-nomer) was defeated, that means there’s no relief in the credit crisis. When businesses shutter their doors, or even lay off lots of people, it ripples out through the economy as a whole. For example, look at the effect of the housing slowdown (including the mortgage mess) on construction, home-improvement/repairs, furniture stores, etc. Linens and Things is gone; there were several other similar chains that failed during the last recession. Another thing people don’t think about is the consolidation from small local businesses to national chains. When a national chain goes under, it affects many cities and states, not just the one local area.
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@Palmdale aka Moose Roadster Palin,
This was exactly my thinking in my research over the weekend. My family have had a series of continuous small businesses since 1930 either as the main livelihood or now in my case, on the side. I understand all these points. Mom and Pop and legit real world companies like the one I work for have to be able to get credit.
But what do you make of this?
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1845209,00.html?cnn=yes
Are the taxpayers buying real home mortgages or just derivatives which are just pieces of paper bets on them? WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON? I say we only buy the mortgages (ie. hard real world assets) Who do we rely on to figure this mess out? Who is telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Anyone, please post any links you find that explains this. I will look in the Forum to see if there is a bail out topic. Maybe I should be posting these comments there if people are now researching this.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:49 AM
@shoeho – shout out from Miami Beach! Let’s turn Florida blue!
@hamlets – the world markets are really reacting to all this. That is very telling and has not happened before to this degree. I would also consider the fact that Bush looks ready to cry. This is a man who still cannot admit he was wrong about Iraq and has always been cavalier …he’s not now though. Even Dick Cheney looks like “we’re f#@%$d” keeps going through his head. Bottomline is that this cannot be ignored or wished away. Both sides need to sit down and get a plan down regardless of politics. As I said on a previous thread, the timing of the Rosh Hashanah and Mercury in Retrograde (starts today) is quite ironic indeed. I guess the Universe is demanding “reflection” followed by proactive action.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:11 AM
I think we are in deep trouble if we don’t act soon….and we may still be buried in deep, dark pookey. My husband works for a medium sized construction company and they did not make payroll this week. Scary!